Christian theology long held sexual reproduction itself as the vehicle of original sin

Evidence

Beginning in the late fourth and fifth centuries, the Latin Christian tradition under Augustine’s increasing influence shifted away from the substantive engagement with the Pauline “do not provoke” framework and toward the framework we read about in Season One Episode 22 (Tertullian) and Episode 9 (Augustine). The doctrine of original sin — Adam’s transgression transmitted to all subsequent humans, including infants and children — created theological pressure that substantively reduced the operational force of the “do not provoke” passages. If children are constituted by inherited Adamic sin requiring redemptive corporal correction, then “do not provoke to wrath” becomes a secondary constraint within a broader framework that prioritizes correction. — , The Rod and the Child, 2772 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian doctrine enshrined the virgin birth to spare God the stain of female embodiment. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 365; Augustine’s original-sin doctrine suppressed the Pauline no-provoke framework in Western practice — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 2772

Broader Connections

• Augustine’s original-sin doctrine suppressed the Pauline no-provoke framework in Western practice #expands (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 2772